Thursday, July 31, 2008

New premier makes big promises


New Eastern Cape Premier Mbulelo Sogoni was sworn in this morning as the province’s fourth premier outlining a broad plan for the next eight months leading up to the election and saying the new cabinet will have until the end of August to realign their budgets with his priorities.

Sogoni said there would be “zero-tolerance” of failures in service delivery specifically in the areas of schools, hospitals and clinics, adding that the performance contracts of all heads of department would be reviewed in the light of what would be required.

Among the priorities Sogoni spelled out were the timeous delivery of stationery and text books; eradication of mud schools; providing support to improve the public health system, and drive the delivery of housing.

Sogoni said another priority would be to persuade FIFA to change the decision to take the Confederations Cup games away from Port Elizabeth.

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